PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robin Yount (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsu Laoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laoka has chosen The Bell Tolls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Yount
vs
Laoka

195 cm
22
195 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

188 cm
30
187 lbs
16 - 5 - 3

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robin Yount!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Katsu Laoka!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yount throws a push kick but Laoka slaps the foot to one side.
Laoka slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laoka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yount wants to slow Laoka down by chopping away at his legs.
Yount scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Decent striking displayed by Yount there.
Jab, jab by Yount - just one landing.
Yount lands a jab to the head.
Yount uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laoka.
Yount misses with a hook
and Laoka counters with a nice uppercut.
Laoka fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yount.
Yount jabs Laoka right on the nose. Laoka blinks but takes it well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yount throws out a loose jab but Laoka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yount waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laoka.
Laoka doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laoka steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yount. That one must have hurt.
Yount's corner calls for a 1-2. Yount obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yount throws a looping overhand right but Laoka ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yount looks to throw the jab but Laoka is out of range.
Laoka throws a low kick but Yount avoids it.
Yount misses with a combination
and Laoka counters with a good, hard body kick but Yount shrugs it off.
Yount looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yount takes one to the side of the head.
Laoka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yount throws out a loose jab but Laoka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laoka takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Yount looks to land a left hand but Laoka moved out of range nicely.
Laoka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yount swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yount lands with a hook. Laoka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yount throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Yount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yount slips a jab from Laoka.
Yount closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Laoka throws a low kick but Yount moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yount misses with a head kick.
Yount throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laoka cracks a nice hook into Yount's ribs.
Yount scores with a nice head shot.
Yount on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good exchange - Laoka coming out on top.
Laoka takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Yount throws a combination that misses
and Laoka finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A slow jab from Laoka misses its intended target.
Laoka throws a body kick that misses
and Yount cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No joy there for Laoka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yount went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yount scores with a nice right hand.
Yount throws a head kick that misses.
Yount throws a sloppy head kick and Laoka moves out of range easily.
A big left from Yount misses.

Laoka moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yount tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yount wants to get back to striking at distance but Laoka won't allow it.
Our sources have told us that Yount has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Laoka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laoka is looking to control Yount's arms but Yount gets an underhook and turns him. Now Laoka has his back to the cage.
Laoka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yount lands a shoulder strike.
Laoka effectively controlling the action here.
Laoka scores with a hook to the body.
Yount misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laoka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yount misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laoka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laoka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Yount breaks from the clinch.
Yount is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Laoka loads up on a big right hand but Yount slips the punch.
Yount was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yount scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laoka avoids the head kick by Yount.
Laoka works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Laoka throws a leg kick but Yount moved away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laoka lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Yount.
Yount misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laoka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yount sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yount is looking to counter punch.
Nice cross by Yount.
Laoka connects with a nice looking jab.
Laoka thumps Yount with a low kick.
Laoka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yount.
Laoka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yount doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laoka throws the left hand but Yount avoids the punch easily.
Yount throws a jab but it's blocked by Laoka.
Yount closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yount lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Robin Yount will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yount moves out of range of the body kick from Laoka.
Yount checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yount misses with a low kick.
Laoka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yount checks it well.
Laoka slips under a jab from Yount.
A countering left hand to the body from Laoka misses.
Laoka tries to bum rush Yount with a series of wild strikes but Yount uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yount was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yount throws an off balance right hand
and Laoka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yount uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
Yount lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laoka circles away quickly and effectively.
Yount staying out of range there.
Yount dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laoka. That did some damage!
Laoka lands with a nice combination. Yount backs away looking to recover.
Yount scores with a jab.
Yount lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yount - that will leave a mark!
Yount avoids the body shot from Laoka.
Laoka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yount is looking to land body kicks.
Laoka scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yount lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laoka. Yount does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laoka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yount.
Yount throws a head kick but Laoka moves out of range.
Laoka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laoka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yount was well out of range. Poor timing from Laoka.
Yount connects with a body shot.
Laoka avoids the body shot from Yount.
Laoka tries a quick counter leg kick but Yount is wise to it.

Laoka clinches up against the cage.
Yount lands an uppercut.
Laoka struggles to land a body shot inside as Yount controls his hands.
Yount working aggressively here.
Yount misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yount throws a punch but it's blocked by Laoka.
Laoka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yount blocks a body shot from Laoka.
Laoka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yount scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Yount throws a head punch that misses.
Yount blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laoka lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laoka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Laoka misses with a punch to the body.
Yount swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laoka works on Yount's body with a couple of short punches.
Yount is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laoka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laoka is looking to control Yount's arms but Yount gets an underhook and turns him. Now Laoka has his back to the cage.
Laoka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laoka trying to land knees to the body.

Yount breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yount checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yount looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yount throws a leg kick but Laoka sees it coming and moves out of range.
Laoka is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yount with a body shot.
Robin Yount is winning the standup battle so far.
Laoka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Yount misses.
Yount scores with a three punch combo!
Yount is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yount looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laoka has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yount.
Yount just misses with a punch to the body.
Yount tries a low kick but Laoka avoids it.
Yount misses with a low kick as Laoka jumps back.
Yount throws out a loose jab but Laoka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laoka throws a leg kick which misses Yount's front leg but catches the back leg as Yount tries to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Laoka.
Yount throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yount lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yount moves out of range of the body kick from Laoka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Laoka slams his shin into Yount's torso.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laoka tries to land a front kick but Yount steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yount walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Laoka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Laoka. That snapped Yount's head back.
Laoka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yount was well out of range. Poor timing from Laoka.
Yount looks to land a right hand but Laoka moved out of range.
Laoka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Laoka avoids the head kick by Yount.
Yount cracks a nice hook into Laoka's ribs.
Yount lands a high kick!
Laoka misses with an uppercut. Yount saw that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Yount checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Laoka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yount moves away.
Yount throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laoka feints and then cracks Yount's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yount down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Robin Yount will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yount falls off balance throwing a combination
and Laoka counters with a good low kick that Yount was not able to check.
Yount misses with a series of wild punches.
Laoka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yount.
Laoka lands a nice hook to Yount's body. Yount takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A low kick from Yount is predictable there
and Laoka counters with a nice uppercut.
Yount misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A countering left hand to the body from Laoka misses.
A jab from Laoka finds it's way through Yount's defenses.
A clash of legs there as Yount blocks the low kick.
Laoka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laoka tries to work over Yount's front leg with a kick but Yount checks it.
Yount connects with a good right hand that stumbles Laoka. Laoka circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yount checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yount throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yount keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yount tries to bum rush Laoka with a series of wild strikes but Laoka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yount misses with a straight right.
Yount connects with a body shot.
Yount throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Laoka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Yount scores with a four punch combination!
Yount avoids the body shot from Laoka.
Yount went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yount sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Yount moves out of range of the body kick.
Laoka staying out of range there.
Yount lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laoka's sensitive parts.
Yount swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laoka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yount looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Laoka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Laoka.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yount cracks Laoka with a good jab.
Yount pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laoka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yount swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yount half committed to a counter leg kick.
Laoka lunges at Yount with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yount's hand.
Laoka moves out of range of the leg kick from Yount.
Yount swings for the body but Laoka moves out of range.
Yount fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Laoka checks it well.
A left lands for Yount.
Laoka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Laoka avoids the body shot from Yount.
Laoka lands a leg kick that knocks Yount off balance momentarily.
Laoka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yount was well out of range. Poor timing from Laoka.
A nice combination there by Laoka.
Laoka throws a right and a left that Yount avoids nicely.
Laoka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laoka feints a counter leg kick.
Yount fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Laoka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Laoka tests Yount's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yount keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laoka throws a jab when Yount was well out of range.
Laoka misses with a low kick.
Yount lands a glancing blow to the side of Laoka's head.
Yount looks to throw the jab but Laoka is out of range.
Laoka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yount.
Laoka swings for the body but Yount moves out of range.
Laoka tries to clinch there but Yount circles away.
Yount will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Laoka throws a lazy right hand but Yount sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laoka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yount swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yount cracks a nice hook into Laoka's ribs.
Yount misses with a low kick.
Yount throws a push kick but Laoka slaps the foot to one side.
Laoka jabs Yount right on the nose. Yount blinks but takes it well.
Yount scores with a head kick. Laoka tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Laoka takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yount misses with a lunging right hand
and Laoka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yount throws a hook but Laoka avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laoka slips a jab from Yount.
Laoka was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Laoka ducks right into an uppercut from Yount.
Yount on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laoka. Laoka obviously looking to wear him down.
Laoka misses with a left hand
and Yount counters with a nice kick to the body.
Yount throws a hook but Laoka blocks it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yount - that will leave a mark!
Yount swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Laoka.
Yount moves out of range of the body kick from Laoka.

Laoka moves into the clinch successfully.
Laoka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yount is trying to break the clinch but Laoka is controlling him.
Laoka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Yount's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Robin Yount did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Yount will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yount misses the jab.
Laoka misses with a wild body shot.
Yount will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yount throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Laoka's waist but Laoka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yount off to one side.
Yount moves out of range of the body kick from Laoka.
Laoka wants to slow Yount down by chopping away at his legs.
Laoka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yount fails to land with a series of punches.
Yount is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laoka moves out of range of the leg kick from Yount.
Laoka looks to land a combination. Yount sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yount throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laoka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yount is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Laoka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yount chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laoka can pounce on him.
Yount tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yount pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laoka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laoka bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yount's head.
Nice uppercut there from Yount.

Laoka closes the distance and clinches.
Yount lands with a right to the head.
Laoka is stalling here.
Yount lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laoka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yount tries to score a body lock takedown but Laoka shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Laoka trying to land knees to the body.
Laoka tries a body shot but Yount blocks it.
Yount throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laokas head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee calls for Laoka to work.
Laoka lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yount or not.
Laoka connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Robin Yount has been cut.
Laoka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yount is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Laoka.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Yount tries to circle away but Laoka has him pinned against the cage.
Laoka is stalling here.
Laoka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yount lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Laoka presses Yount against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Laoka scores with a knee to the head.
Yount struggles to land a body shot inside as Laoka controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laoka tries to throw a body punch but Yount avoids it by throwing Laoka back against the cage.
Yount has a couple of punches blocked by Laoka.
Laoka manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yount working aggressively here.
Laoka landing knees to the body.
Laoka misses with the head strike.
Laoka can't find room to land a body shot as Yount controls the action.
Yount blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laoka blocking some punches.
Yount can't find room to land a body shot as Laoka controls the action.
Yount working aggressively here.
Katsu Laoka seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laoka dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laoka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laoka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laoka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yount backwards.
Yount lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yount lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laoka lands a good knee to the midsection. Yount won't want to take too many of those.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yount takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Laoka.
Laoka connects with a knee to the head.

Yount is rocked!
Nice body punch from Laoka.
Oh Yount is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laoka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yount seems to have got his legs back now.
Laoka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yount lands with a light punch inside.
Yount fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yount tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsu Laoka dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Robin Yount's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Yount throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yount throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laoka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yount checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laoka throws a jab when Yount was well out of range.
Yount is looking for a counter combo.
Yount jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Laoka closes the distance and pushes Yount back into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yount throws an elbow but misses.
Laoka tries to land knees in the clinch but Yount avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Laoka.
Yount scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Yount's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yount jabs Laoka right on the nose. Laoka blinks but takes it well.
Laoka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yount slips under a jab from Laoka.
Yount listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Laoka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laoka checks a low kick from Yount.
Yount throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laoka blocks a leg kick.
Yount buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yount misses with an uppercut.
Laoka doesn't manage to clinch there - Yount circles away.
Yount missing with a left hand there. Laoka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laoka throws a looping overhand right but Yount ducks down to avoid it.
Yount throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yount throws a head kick that misses.
Yount swats away the attempt to clinch by Laoka.
Yount is looking to counter punch.
Laoka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yount. Yount obviously looking to wear him down.
Yount throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laoka was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yount lands a head kick!

Laoka instigates a clinch.
Laoka leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yount throws a head punch that misses.
Laoka is trying to stall.
Yount misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laoka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yount lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laoka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yount working aggressively here.
A short right from Laoka.
Yount tries to work over Laoka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yount throws a head punch that misses.
Yount on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laoka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Laoka.
Laoka trying to stall but Yount improves his position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laoka.
Laoka misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Yount fails to land.
Yount tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laoka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yount prevents a body shot from Laoka.

Yount escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yount attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yount keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yount fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Laoka is out of range.
Yount misses with a low kick.
Katsu Laoka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laoka throws a lazy uppercut
and Yount connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Yount, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yount misses with a combination
and Laoka counters with a left and a right that stings Yount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yount takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Laoka avoids the body shot from Yount.
Laoka looks to score with a jab to the body but Yount is just out of range.
Yount blocks the body kick.
Yount changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yount scoring well with a low kick there.
Laoka takes a swing at Yount's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Yount misses its intended target.
Yount keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yount tries to score with a low kick but Laoka moves his leg out of the way.
Yount changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Yount showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yount has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 49:46
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 49:47
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Yount!
Robin Yount retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Robin Yount made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.